Noticias
Private Sector
06 Mar 2017
Siglato accordo di cooperazione per promuovere il consumo e la produzione di legumi e combattere la povertà rural
La FAO e Fertitecnica Colfiorito, azienda umbra leader nel mercato italiano delle leguminose, hanno siglato oggi un accordo che porterà sugli scaffali dei supermercati italiani ed europei fagioli, ceci e lenticchie di qualità provenienti da cooperative agricole dei paesi in via di sviluppo. Tale iniziativa offrirà un importante sostegno all'economia dei piccoli agricoltori del Sud...
South-south Cooperation
28 Feb 2017
28/02/2017
Elaborar políticas diferenciadas de acceso a créditos, construir marcos legales adecuados para cada tipo de agricultura familiar y promover alianzas estratégicas para la producción, transformación y comercialización de los productos de la agricultura familiar son sólo algunos de los principales acuerdos que surgieron del intercambio de experiencias entre agricultores familiares y representantes de los ministerios de agricultura de los...
Parliamentary alliances
28 Feb 2017
Parliamentarians called to act as strategic partners and stakeholders in the fight against hunger and malnutrition.
Antananarivo/Accra/Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) applauds the Senate of Madagascar on the establishment of the Malagasy Parliamentary Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security (APMSAN), one of the first national Parliamentary Alliance on Food Security and Nutrition of its kind in Africa.
“The objective of APMSAN is to create the enabling legislative and policy environment for advancing food security and optimal nutrition outcomes for the Malagasy population through concrete strategies on sustainable nutrition-sensitive production, marketing and consumption. It aims to achieve this through local production of sufficient, diversified and quality food, giving priority to the country’s...
Resource Partners
28 Feb 2017
A high-level conference in Belgrade today marks the first stage in a recently-begun four-year commitment on the part of FAO. A project worth US$3.75 million, financed by the Global Environment Facility, or GEF, is directed towards the long-term sustainability of forest ecosystems in Serbia.
Resource Partners
27 Feb 2017
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva completed on Thursday 9 March a two-day visit to Egypt aiming at boosting collaboration between the Organization and the most populous Arab Country.
His visit included meetings with the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, H.E. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation H.E. Abdel Moneim Al-Banna, the Minister for Investment and International Cooperation H.E. Sahar Nasr, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Sameh Shoukry, as well as the Secretary General of the League of Arab States H.E. Ahmad Abou El-Gheit.